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Lots of supplements:
You must have a lot of money to spend exercise and good diet are key no alcohol or drugs is important there is no proof that gluten or dairy will be an issue for your lupus nor is the gmo food particularly bad - it is made so they use less pesticides which are bad!
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Refers to all the physical matter humans (like all living creatures) must take in on a recurring basis; only partially for energy. Like all life on planet humans are open systems which keep tearing down their structure & require intake of atoms/molecules from which to rebuild their structure. Intestinal lining cells replaced ~every 3 days. CaPO4 in bones ~every 6 years, Everything else in between.
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Why do you ask?:
Both diets are restrictive, and if you have self-prescribed for some demonstrated or subjective illness, you need to consider how this will affect you not only as a person who needs to eat an adequate diet, but as someone who will from time to time be a guest. If these are prescribed, your physician / dietician will be your guide. If you're just following online "advice", reconsider.
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Physicians:
Physicians usually rely on science and evidence to advise parents. It's interesting to speculate on causes but speculation is not evidence in the scientific meaning. Dairy and wheat allergies are diagnosed by specific tests and these allergies can be related to asthma and eczema. If the rash you are mentoining is eczema, it is impossible to say exactly what is causing it. Grapes may be exacerbating it and it is easy enough to eliminate that from a diet.Inhalation of 'salt water' alone for asthma has not been proven helpful based on evidence. Saline is commonly used to mix medicine with to allow it to be aerosolized in a nebulizer. Saline can be soothing to irritated membranes and may also have a placebo effect. Asthma and eczema sometimes do resolve as children get older.
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Beans and rice:
Legumes and non gluten starches such as corn, rice, potatos. You can have meat, chicken, turkey and fish as your main protein. Fruits and vegetables should also be part of your intake in 5-7 portions a day.
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Detoxification:
Hi wendy, you are probably going through some detoxification. You're body may be adjusting to the change, as well. If you are eating whole real foods, like lean organic proteins, vegetables and fruits, there should be no worries. However, if you have just substituted regular food with gluten-free junk food (pizza, cereals, desserts) than this may be a harmful way to change your diet.
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Gluten bipolar?:
19 F asks: Can a gluten free and/or dairy free diet help someone with bipolar disorder and anxiety? ANS: Very unlikely to help but easy to test. Stick rigidly to such a diet and see if you get better or not. If you get better then stop to see if you get worse. Repeat until you and team convinced it helps. But I would exhaust all other proven treatments first.
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Add healthy carb:
Gluten free does not mean compete carb free but veggies and fruit - fresh produce and dairy as fermented products (Yogurt, Kefir), low fat cheese, Avocado, nuts. All these foods supply good energy and balanced carbs and protein. Nutrition needs balance. Gluten is not needed for sustenance. Check with your Doc. Lab work and exam if there is any other disorder as diabetes, anemia, etc.
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Weight gain:
When you say low WBC do you know how low? Also what was your T4 level? Sometimes people that are in extreme stressful conditions, poor sleep or high cortisol levels tend to affect your overall adrenal system. It may not be as apparent in a clinical setting but it can be subclinical. Doing things like mediation and yoga and frequent exercise can sometimes push you back to balance.
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Caffeine free?:
Generally speaking it is not the gluten or the dairy that irritate gastritis unless you have celiac disease and you are lactose intolerance it is the caffeine that increase the a it and irritate the lining of the stomach and make gastritis worst in spite of taking medication so check the caffeine content
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Not much unless...:
Gluten sensitive enteropathy is an inflammatory condition of the small bowel where its lining flattens after exposure to dietary gluten, with associated malabsorption, anemia, increased cancer risk. Gluten intolerance occurs in about 10% of americans who may get diarrhea after exceeding their threshold for gluten intake. Short of these patients, trying a gluten free diet is giving in to just a fad.
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None...:
There are really no health related benefits from going gluten free unless you have celiac disease. There are many more people that have gluten intolerance and eating gluten gives them excessive gas, bloating, cramps or diarrhea. For those gluten intolerant people going gluten free might help relieve those symptoms. Good luck!
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Ill-defined:
Both are "pop" restricted diets and there are quite a few people convinced that one or both has helped them subjectively despite their not being in a group that needs to restrict (gluten enteropathy, galactosemia). It will make your life much more difficult, it will be even harder to be a good guest, and we await objective results from real science. Benefits may really exist for some people.
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Not much unless...:
Gluten sensitive enteropathy is an inflammatory condition of the small bowel where its lining flattens after exposure to dietary gluten, with associated malabsorption, anemia, increased cancer risk. Gluten intolerance occurs in about 10% of americans who may get diarrhea after exceeding their threshold for gluten intake. Short of these patients, trying a gluten free diet is giving in to just a fad.
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Yes:
Yes, there is evidence that industrialized wheat in most processed foods has a higher percentage of gluten than heirloom varieties from a century ago. This may be one reason we are seeing increase in wheat and gluten sensitivity. It is possible to have an allergy or intolerance to wheat but it is far more common to be intolerant to the hard to digest gluten component, also in rye & barley.
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Yes:
It is the only cure for celiac disease. As a 'fad' it serves no purpose. It could hide the symptoms of celiac disease making it impossible to diagnose and may not prevent the complications if not monitored. A 99% gluten free diet is not a gluten free diet.
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Probably not:
Nobody knows what percentage of people are gluten-sensitive (celiac sprue / dermatitis herpetiformis). Because these people respond so dramatically to a gluten-free diet, and because any claim will attract believers, a gluten-free diet is now being promoted for everything. If there is any benefit for the non-allergic, it has resisted demonstration to the satisfaction of most scientists.
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Not much unless...:
Gluten sensitive enteropathy is an inflammatory condition of the small bowel where its lining flattens after exposure to dietary gluten, with associated malabsorption, anemia, increased cancer risk. Gluten intolerance occurs in about 10% of americans who may get diarrhea after exceeding their threshold for gluten intake. Short of these patients, trying a gluten free diet is giving in to just a fad.
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Depends:
Everyone is a little different, but generally gluten can cause problems even in very small amounts, so either totally eliminate wheat as well as other gluten containing grains or do not bother. Sometimes people can just have food sensitivity without gluten sensitivity.
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No wheat, rye,:
To cut gluten out of your diet, don't eat any products made from wheat, rye or barley. To cut dairy out of your diet, no milk, cheese, or butter. Eggs are considered dairy too. Instead of gluten, you can use potato products, corn products.
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Wheat barley rye contains gluten, a protein molecule that in susceptible people can cause reactions and long term illness. There is celiac, the most well known and severe gluten disease. There is gluten sensitivity, affecting more people, but usually milder. There is wheat allergy, less common than the others. The treatment, for now, is to avoid all gluten in food, supplements, drinks, etc.
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